Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-15
NICE PEOPLE. BUT QUEER.
The Warm Reception the Atlas Received
at Stockton VIII Last a Long Time.

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at Stockton viii Last a Long Time.
The Alta Baseball Club and the friends
by whom they were accompanied to Stock
ton Sunday morning, to play return game
with the Stocktons, returned home about 4
o'clock A. NJ. yesterday, the entire party
numbering about twenty. The account
they give of their reception and treatment
in the Slough City does not show up por.
ton of the residents of that place very
creditably, but if the Stocktonians can
stand it the Atlas certainly can. Before
the train by which the latter organization
were passengers had come to full stop at
! Stockton, the Sacramentans who were stand
ing on the car platforms were crested with
coarse remarks, to which they pad no at
! tention, supposing those who uttered them
were stray DRINKS not yet recovered
from their Saturday night debauch. After
the Atlas had left the train and found
themselves hooted, and more bad language
used toward them, they began to see that
their visit was not going to be pleasant
one. On the way to their hotel and from
! there to Agricultural Park, where the con-
! test was to take place, their treatment was
SO rude that they began to wonder whether
! the occupants of the Insane Asylum had
not escaped and taken the town. All the
| ball grounds matters went from bad to
worse. There was a large assemblage of
| spectators, including scores of ladies, and
/ yet foul-mouthed ruthans were allowed to
use an abundance of oaths and filthy epi-
thets until finally many of the ladies went
! home. During the first inning, nearly all
the Sacramento players came in for a share
of the billingsgate but Mclaughlin was the
especial target, probably because he went
over there one time with the Brightons and
assisted that organization to defeat the
! Stocktons. Exasperated beyond control he
finally, when the side was out, laid down
his gloves and mask and called to big
fellow who had been especially abusive, to
step out and show how much of a man he
was. The challenge showed pluck, though
! open to the charge of bad judgment, as the
SacTementans were very small band COM
pared to the rough element opposed to
them, and the fight might have led to very
disastrous results on both Sides As it was
the individual Mclaughlin invited is said
to have made haste slowly toward the front
and allowed twenty or more of his COM
| panions to tear off their coats and rush
| ahead of him. Some of the Atlas who
were near by closed up to Mclaughlin, and
| the Stockton club rallied to their assistance
Some peace officers who were present en-
| deavored to drive the would-be fighters
back but made little, if any, progress. As
| is usual on such occasions, the spectators
who had not taken part in the disturbance
pressed forward to 'see the fight" and the
| prospects for very serious difficulty were
exceedingly good. Just then Tom Cum
ningham, San Joaquin county's energetic
and determined Sheriff. appeared, and went
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such happy results that the turbulent ele-
ment was driven back and the game went
on, but at any moment, from that time to
its close, there was danger of renewal of
the outbreak. During the first inning
Borchers was so nervous that he
pitched wildly, but after that he did well.
The other members played finely, and only
two errors were made during the game
The boys did not worry themselves about
securing any more runs, it being very
probable that they would be better off if
they did not win the game. When the last
man was out and the Stocktons were de-
clared victorious, the crowd threw up their
hats, yelled and went through many DEM
onstrations of delight, forgetting for the
time the Sacramentans, who didn't care for
the game, but were just then feeling an ar
dent affection for the omnibus in which
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| in which they ensconced themselves
quickly and shrank up as small as possible.
Later in the afternoon and during the even
ing they were visited at their hotel by many
residents of the city, who express ed their
regret at the manner in which the visitors
had been abused. The members of the
Stockton Club also exhibited the right
feeling in the premises, and the Sacrament
ans passed the evening quite pleasantly.
When they finally left for the train, about
midnight, several policemen escorted them
to the cars, where they found two or three
more officers waiting to protect them, but
there was no trouble. The occurrences of
the afternoon will doubtless have disas-
trous effect upon baseball interests in Stock
ton, as few clubs from other cities will 60
there, and when they do the patronage will
be light, as respectable people will be
tition of rowdYism. The Agricultural So
ciety will also hesitate to allow its grounds
to be used if there is any uncertainty as to
preserving the peace.
1t is amusing to hear the accounts of their
experiences given by the returned players
Little Vice, McLaughlinis pet and the
Atlas Mascot, picked up bat to hit the
man that was going to hit Billy" but some
plucky Stocktonian caught the boy by the
back of the neck. kicked him until he was
mellow. boxed his ears, slapped his face,
and finally desisted because one of the
Stockton players hit him a good one.
Manager Stafford says he was held up in
| the air until his tongue looked out to see if
there was any water in sight. A cheerful
| individual put his arm around Tom
Meagher's neck and seductiyely inquired if
| he wanted anything. Tommy responded
that he felt perfectly happy and didn't
need thing Bidwell made base hit,
stole second and went along to third, where
| he allowed the baseman TO touch him.
| The baseman said, You're out" and
| Bidwell gladly responded, You're right r.
as he didn't want to score a
run, and took his place on the bench
| as soon as possible. Charlie Bauer, who
| went over to see the game was got up
pretty nicely, with his silk hat and nobby
cane. Some of the toughs spotted him,
and were advancing to make a wreck of
his wardrobe, when he showed the beauty
of having presence of mind by elevating
his hat upon his cane and calculating,
I" Hurrah for the Stocktonsi' Will Young,
! the official scorer of the Atlas, was mis-
| taken for a Sacramento reporter, and
thought it best to deny it very explicitly
| AL Mast, who went over as a spectator,
didn't deem it necessary to get up yell for
the Atlas. Mike Fisher, of the Atlas, who
was not in the nine that day, got very in
dignant when he was referred to as that
smoked Italian" The players would never
be recognized in Sacramento under the
names given them over there, all
beautifully garnished with oaths and
bad words. Tom Ahern got off the
easiest, some intelligent tough clubbing
him "Old Antiquity" Mclaughlin was
| deluged with names, and it seemed proba-
BILE that the crowd had been thinking the
matter over carefully for many days
to do justice to the occasion. The last
| information he received was that they
were going to have a bull dog fight over
| there. and wanted his face for the animals
| to look at to make them ferocious, while
another class thought they wanted his